There's diamonds in the avenueAs the dayshift turns to nightIn the empire dinner dreamingHard rain, fluorescent lightsAnd the waitress fills my coffee cupAs the working girls go byDrenched Irish cops are dreaming sexAnd peep show alibisEverything underneath the skylineFrom the east side to the westI see the miracles in real timeAnd there's one I've loved the bestI see there's an angel on the D trainAnd she's flying to my worldAnd I'm waiting for a, a New York City girlTimes Square looks like AvalonIn a Disney Morphine dreamDylan Thomas rides a white horse drunkAt the counter next to meI wake up in her bed sometimesAnd watch her as she sleepsIn the silence and the sirensI pray her soul to keepEverything underneath the skylineFrom the east side to the westI see the miracles in real timeAnd there's one I've loved the bestSee there's an angel on the D trainAnd she's flying to my worldAnd I'm waiting for a New York City girlThe Catherine wheel burns bright tonightDown on the avenueBut nowhere near as bright, my loveAs the fire that burns for youEverything underneath the skylineFrom the east side to the westOf the lives I've lived and those I've knownThere is one I've loved the bestSee there's an angel on the D trainAnd she's flying to my worldAnd I'm waiting for a New York City girlOh yeah, and I'm waiting for a New York City girlI'm waiting nowNew York City girlOh yeah, I'm waiting forNew York City girlOh, yeah, yeahNew York City girl